Paramount Pictures CEO Jim Gianopulos is set to step down from his position.

Following the underwhelming box-office yield of Transformers: The Last Knight and China’s clampdown on foreign investments, HuaHua Media left its partnership with Paramount Pictures at the end of 2017. HuaHua Media was supposed to fund 25% of the next two Transformers movies and 25% of all Paramount movies until 2020.

2017 was not a kind year for Paramount. That year, the movie production giant saw a loss of $445 million; where $100 million loss was from Transformers: The Last Knight alone.

Enter Jim Gianopulos.

Mr. Gianopulos took decisive action to turn things around for Paramount and it worked. At the end of 2017, Paramount Pictures entered a new agreement with Hasbro, where the toy giant would chip in more money to their movies but at greater creative control.

Such steps ensured the financial safety of Paramount and the company went on to produce critically acclaimed movies such as A Quiet Place and Bumblebee under the new leadership of Jim Gianopulos.

All things must come to an end and so does the tenure of Mr. Jim Gianopulos. We wish him the very best for his future work and we also wish his successor Brian Robbins, a wonderful stay with many Hasbro movies to follow.

On a closing note, Paramount has expressed their interest to drop big-budget movies in favor of smaller productions that will directly go on their streaming service Paramount+.

“What this is all setting up, according to insiders, is Paramount retreating from big theatrical productions to focus on titles – remakes, branded content, cheaper fare – that will service its streamer, Paramount+.” -Borys Kit, Journalist

There is a likelihood that this move may affect the pending renewal of the aforementioned agreement with Hasbro at the end of the year 2022.

You can also read follow-up articles for this development via Deadline and Hollywood Reporter.

Surprising everyone, Paramount Pictures has decided to release Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins on Premium Digital and Digital VOD tomorrow (August 17th, 2021).

In addition to the new info, we now know of the bonus content within the physical release (4K Ultra HD) of the movie; which will come out on October 17th as previously reported.

Bonus Content:

• Morning Light: A Weapon with Stories to Tell: Discover the secrets of Snake Eyes’ legendary sword, Morning Light, in this all-new short film.
• Deleted Scenes: what you didn’t see in theaters.
• Enter Snake Eyes – find out what it took to bring the iconic hero’s origin story to life.
• A Deadly Ensemble: meet fan-favorite heroes, villains, and new characters in the G.I. Joe franchise.
• Arashikage: dive into the elite ninja warrior world of the Arashikage clan.

Once again thanks to Australian Classifications, we have learned that the bonus footage will accumulate into 31 additional minutes on top of the movie’s runtime.

Finally, you can check out the ‘On Digital’ trailer, after the jump.

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Despite ViacomCBS CEO Bob Bakish stating that the company will stick to its 45-day theater-to-home window, Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins Home Release has been delayed to October 19th from its original September 6th date.

A new press release highlights the updated release date along with the links to previously known versions of the movie:

“An origin story that sheds light on the background of the most mysterious member of the elite US counterterrorist team, “GI Joe.” Snake Eyes saves the life of a very important member of an ancient clan of Japanese ninja warriors and is invited to learn their guarded secrets. He finds home and belonging among them while improving upon his already exceptional natural gifts. Unfortunately, revelations of a troubled past threaten his happiness amongst his adopted “family” of warriors, and he must reckon with questions of loyalty and allegiance.”

You can pre-order the home release from the following links:

• Blu-ray 4K Ultra HD disc + Digital edition
• Blu-ray disc + Digital edition
• Steelbook
• G.I. Joe 3-Movie Collection 4K Blu-ray
• G.I. Joe 3-Movie Collection Blu-ray
• DVD (NTSC)
• Amazon Prime Video HD & SD

We have rounded up quite a lot of new concept art from Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins movie.

Once again we are thanking artist Constantine Sekeris for his amazing work.

Mr. Sekeris collaborated with costume designer Louise Mingenbach to come up with costume ideas for Snake Eyes. Ms. Mingenbach previously worked on G.I. Joe: Retaliation and is the brainchild for the finalized costume we saw for Cobra Commander.

You can support Constantine Sekeris via his ArtStation profile.

Artist Constantine Sekeris has uploaded several concept art images done for Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins.

Included in this first look:

• Snake Eyes
• Storm Shadow
• Scarlett
• Baroness

“Snake Eyes Movie designs I worked on with the talented Costume Designer Louise Mingenbach. We worked on the film and the toys simultaneously. Storm shadow ended up getting pulled back to his original suit, but Hasbro decided to make the toy version haha. Shout out to Constantine Sekeris and Luca Nemolato for doing a phenomenal job on Snake Eyes and Scarlet!”

With these concept art reveals, it is clear where the Core Ninja toy of Storm Shadow originated from.

However, concept art for Baroness is extremely close to the final design.

You can check out all the designs, after the jump.

Amazon now has Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins Blu-ray, DVD, Steelbook, and G.I. Joe 3-Movie Collection up for pre-order.

The Blu-ray release comes with the 4K Ultra HD disc including a downloadable digital edition of the same. This release will set you back $43.99. There is a non-4K edition costing $37.99 but will also come with a downloadable edition.

The Steelbook is also a Blu-Ray edition with a 4K Ultra HD copy of the movie. This item is priced at $45.99.

G.I. Joe 3-Movie Collection comes as standard Blu-ray and 4K Blu-ray for $49.99 and $59.99 respectively. This collection contains G.I. Joe: Rise Of Cobra, G.I. Joe: Retaliation, and Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins.

The DVD will only cost you $29.99 and is for the NTSC region.

In addition to all of the above, you can purchase the streaming version of the movie via Amazon Prime Video. HD version will cost you $24.99 and the Standard Definition is only $19.99.

You can pre-order the above from the following links:

• Blu-ray 4K Ultra HD disc + Digital edition
• Blu-ray disc + Digital edition
• Steelbook
• G.I. Joe 3-Movie Collection 4K Blu-ray
• G.I. Joe 3-Movie Collection Blu-ray
• DVD (NTSC)
• Amazon Prime Video HD & SD

Home Release of Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins is expected to release on September 6th, 2021. You can check out the covers, after the jump.

Polygon sat down with producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura to talk a bit about the past and the future of the G.I. Joe Live Action Movie Franchise.

Q: How long have you been talking about doing the Snake Eyes movie? I’m sure ideas have changed over the years.

Whenever we brought it up, the thing that kept coming up was the origin story of Snake and Storm because it was so interesting and chock full of emotion. Brotherhood, betrayal, all the things that make really great drama — it has that in its story. It’s a very Cain and Abel thing. We talked about many things, but it always came back to that pretty quickly because it was so rich and so elemental.

Q: What does a G.I. Joe movie need to have to be a G.I. Joe movie? The original Joe movies were very soldier-centric, but you get away from that here.

I don’t think of this as a Joe movie. I really do think of as a Snake movie. The reason we chose Snake Eyes was because we were able to make such a specific, tonal reference, whether it’s a samurai movie or a Kung Fu movie, and so I think of it more in those terms, this particular movie. It is really about a journey into a mystical land. That really appealed to me. Many years ago, I did the movie The Last Samurai when I was at Warner Brothers; the exploration of the Japanese culture, I find kind of fascinating to begin with. It’s such a different culture, to state the obvious. But there’s so much to be found there that makes you reflect on your own culture. So I think that’s the benefit of having been driven there by a Cain and Abel story.

Q: Where do you hope the Joe franchise goes from here? Do you hope to follow Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow? Is it possible we’ll see other flavors of Joe movies?

It’s not preordained. I think there’s different ways we can go. One way, for sure, and we’re having discussions about it, is how do you keep sort of the spine of this relationship that we’ve developed? This antagonistic relationship? Is there a way to fuse that into a larger Joe movie so that maybe it’s one storyline? Maybe it’s the main storyline. So it’s not clear yet what we’re going to decide on doing. The hard part right now, honestly, is we’re not sure what success means right now, given the Delta variant and the theater problems.

You can check out the full interview at Polygon.

News Post image courtesy: Paramount Pictures (Producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura on the set of Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins)

Google Play Store is revealing the Home Release of Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins.

Fans can download the digital 4K version of the movie on September 6th, 2021. This falls in line with Paramounts ‘new normal’ theatrical and home release windows; where a movie hitting the theaters will receive a home release in 6 weeks’ time.

Priced at $24.99, you can pre-order* Snake Eyes movie prior to the Home Release via Play Store.

*Only applicable for US Territories.